With bomb-sniffing dogs and barricaded buildings, security is tight in the nation's capital.<br/> <br />Both local and federal police are maintaining a heavy presence as the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit opens, drawing nearly 50 African leaders to town.<br/> <br />Attendees are set to participate in talks on security, governance and democracy.<br/> <br />And with the leaders have come protesters with a variety of grievances.<br/> <br />This group wants to draw attention to Ethiopia.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) ALI ABADIR PROTESTER AGAINST ETHIOPIA SAYING:<br/> <br />"We are sending specially a message to Obama to stop supporting the dictator in Ethiopia which is here. They are the cause for a lot of journalists, religious freedoms are opposed in Ethiopia."<br/> <br />The summit is set to last three days.<br/> <br />Amid such a heavy security presence the only incidents reported so far have turned out to be false alarms.
